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Developer/landlord CEO Ben Young: Finalized Halifax Water Rate Hike ‘Unsustainable’
Piers Baker Expanding Real Estate Shop: Duckworth Realty To Open in Halifax & Lunenburg This Spring & More Expansions in 2027
Atlantic Canada’s Governments ‘Should Reduce Employee Compensation To Save Money’
Part II: Bishop Brian Bayda of The Ukrainian Catholic Canada Diocese On His Thoughts Of A Peace Treaty In Ukraine
Why Mark Boudreau Is Endorsing Pierre Poilievre At Calgary Leadership Review Conservative Convention
MacPolitics: Bill Gillis: In 1984, As A Grade 10 Student, I interviewed Him For My School Newspaper On The Election Campaign Routing Nov 6th, 1984, That Left Only Six Liberal MLAs
Saturday Edition, Below
A Chat With Bishop Bryan Bayda of Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Toronto and Eastern Canada, and Fundraiser Valerie Bobyk
The 79th Edition of Nova Scotia Road Builders Association’s AGM Gets Underway
MacPolitics: Why Rob Batherson is Supporting Pierre Poilievre at Conservative Convention
Broker Sherry MacLeod: A Promising Real Estate Start to 2026 — And Growing Concern for Rural Nova Scotia
Denis Ryan’s Social Calendar: Celebrating Louis Comeau’s 85th Birthday and Meeting Kathleen MacDonald
As President of Nova Scotia Power, Louis Comeau Had An Oil Tank, Not Electricity To Heat His Halifax Home
Joe Stewart In A 1988 Conversation On Antigonish Cablevision Explained Creation Of ACOA
Like Legendary CBS Journalist Andy Rooney, I Don’t Believe In Journalism Awards
The Time Canso Fish Plant Workers Gave Me A Standing Ovation for Dogged News Coverage of The Canso Crisis in 1990
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Tragic Death Avoided, Part II: How Connie Lynch Won Life’s Lotto & The Brave Successful Rescue After Her SUV crashes Into A Frozen South Shore Pond
Mayor Fillmore: Setting HRM Priorities: ‘We’ve got to get our borrowing under control, and we’ve got to get our tax rate under control’
Fillmore: Lessons Learned From ‘Working Trip’ Around Boston Christmas Tree In December
Ross Cantwell Asks: ‘Are apartment vacancy rates in Halifax heading for 7% in 2027?’
Don Mills: The Story Behind the Halifax Tides FC
Brian Titus’ Garrison Brewery Celebrates 20-Years At Seaport District – How Karen Oldfield Had A Vision To Create Seaport District
The Fate Of The Halifax Memorial Library: William Breckenridge On Campaign To Save 1950s building
Deputy Ministers Shuffled & New Recruit Announced
There’s A Reason Spruce Beer Does Not Come In A Six-Pack
Neil Diamond Trivia: The Era When He Played At SMU & STFX Winter Carnivals
Cape Breton to shine on global sports stage – Women’s hockey championship will bring visitors and a boost for local businesses
Ubisoft Halifax Studio Video Game Closure: An Inside Account Of What Went Down
Ubisoft Received $11M In Digital Media Tax Credits From Nova Scotia, Including As Recently As June
Opinion: Nova Scotians Face Highly ‘Progressive’ Tax System
Halifax Water Rate Hike Now At 18 Per Cent, Not The 36 Per Cent Originally Proposed
Halifax Water Rate Hike Slashed To 18 Per Cent From Proposed 36 Per Cent: ‘Good News, Bad News’, Says Ross Cantwell
Garrison Brewery Expands Seaport District Footprint; Will Create ‘Seaport Hall’
‘Hello Again’ Pays Tribute To The Greatest Hits of Neil Diamond: Directed By Renowned Playwright Edmund MacLean & Producer Sean Andrews
Breaking News: Ubisoft has closed its Halifax Video Game Studio – 70 Workers Laid Off
Breaking News: Tragic Death Avoided In Bayswater – A Life Saved – A Happy Ending
Exclusive: Mayor Fillmore: ‘Notebook Leading Way’ On Halifax Water Commission Investigation Into Possible Employee Financial Wrongdoing At Utility
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